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The Magazine of Science-Fiction Gaming
6 Handgun Alternatives Black powder revolvers for Twilight: 2000 2nd edition. By Daniel Casquilho
8 Ship Shape (1VZerc: 2000) Jamison-Price Shipping has a leak. Can a group of undercover PCs solve the mystery and bring justice to the smugglers? By John 7: Swann
10 Unholier than Thou In times as troubled as Hardlimes, the need for something to believe in can become a vulnerability. And when it does, no one is safe. By Charles E. Gannon
22 Wssing Links Filling the gaps in slugthrower evolution support weapons. By Ken Pick
42 en Empires Fall Special eight-page WgaTraveller insert! By Dave Nilsen
24 Conversions Asmall solution forthe disillusioned cyberplayeror someone who just wants to take a look at a different gaming system with a tried-and-true PC. These tables will help you convert Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0. characters to and from Shadown, Cyberspace and Space Time. By David Kufner
58 Fiberpunk While boosters fight corporate domination and runners hack their way into black files, a new breed of rebels has hit the street. They're fiberpunks- health food addicts with an attitude! By Justin Schmid
28 Valley of Twisted Apes A noted anthropologist has disappeared deep in the wilds of Java. His only guide, a young native boy, returns, quite insane, shouting about creeping horrors and ape gods. Will the PCs follow his directions to the Valley of Twisted Apes? By Paul Sudlow
32 Shadow Over New Bmswiek When you arrive in the small farming town of New Brunswick, all you can think about are a bed and a hot meal. The accommodations in the barn aren't exactly a bed, and the food isn't exactly hot, but it's better than nothing. Or so you think. By Dustin Browder
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38 DrSter I remember my old biology professor saying IiFecould exist anywhere as long as energy was available. Still, I never expected to meet anylhing that called space hom~spec ia l l y nolhing like this. By Michael C. LaBossiere
50 &oI*Run Light relief for a more serious campaign. By Andy Slack
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52 Live Bait The dragon Lofvvyr coughs. "This will be one of the most straighlfoward jobs you've ever had, and legal, too." Already it sounds bad. By Craig Sheeley
66 Computer BBS Gaming The limitations of the BBS medium simply will not allow it to be as interactive as a standard RPG. But within those perameters, a talented, imaginative referee can still run an effective campaign. By Mitch Lavender
62 Mudd in Your Eye The Enterprise has been assigned to clear asteroidal debris from the Sadalbari system. I'm sure everyone on ba rd is hoping for a more interesting assignmenl soon. By James L. Cambias
70 LimpingLady Must sell today! Stock light f reighter. Inquire within. By PeterM. Schweighofer
78 Fists of the Empire "Burn the capitol!" someone cried, and the next minute the same cry was roaring from a thousand throats. Mobs are like that. Mark GaleoMi
mlreIe FOOLS FEEDBACK I have just received Challenge 59, and
I wanted to congratulate you on a fine issue. Both the Mysteries and April Fools section were well done. I really enjoyed it.
The April Fools section contained a good amount of genuinely funny material, a lot of which many readers will not under- stand. Fortunately, I was in on some of it, like the David C. Nilsen Game "Adven- tures in Moving." The classifids section was great, too. I almost considered apply- ing for the position of one of Lucan's twisted, sick research scientists until I saw that computer software expertise was necessary. Unfortunately, I'm still using a typewriter. Maybe someday soon.
Without a doubt, though, my favorite piece was the ''TNS Conventional Wis- dom Watch." As a reader of Newsweek and a Traveller fan, this was terrific. I'd love to see it in every issue. My only complaint was that Brzk and the League of Antares were treated badly by CW, but then I'm biased.
Keep up the good work on Challenge. I look forward to every issue (even those in which my work does not appear). The
April issue is something to be proud of. James Maliszewski
Baltimore, MD
MORE DARK GONSPIUGU! I am writing to enquire about some
aspect of the Bark mnspiracy game. Firstly, let me congratulate you on a superb game with some excellent back- up material. I particularly like the ideaof the £2.50 suplements and scenarios. Are you planning to release any world sourcebooks? I would love to know more about Phoenix. I would also like to see some proto-dimensional source- books. Although I enjoy creating my own, a sourcebook detailing the di- mension in the Fiddleback trilogy, as well as expansion rules for dimension walking covering the abilities up to the level shown by Coyote in Evil Ascend- ing would be great.
One final enquiry is the one for which I most eagerly await the answer. That is, do you have any plans to support Dark Conspiracy with a range of licenced minatures? I am a keen figure collector and I tend to use minatures as
props in my roleplaying sessions. Keep up the good work both with
Dark Conspiracy and with Chal- lenge.
Simon Webb London, England
Simon, Thank you for the kind comments. Concerning your question about
world sourcebooks, we have an Omniplex boxed set scheduled for release in '93. It will be a general source for metroplex adventures, with 25mm scale maps, figures as in Min- ion Hunter, and streamlined combat rules for mass combats, as well as for refereeing metroplexes.
As for lead miniatures, we 're expect- ing to have a line farily soon.
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